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"To elfenbein) twenty c BeI it` known "that, "we,"` BYRON BARDMA'N c 'and Groen C. Swninof Norwich, inoounty of "New London `State of Connecticut, have inventedla newand useful Machine for Winding Up Lines,l`wist,`or" Cord of Any Description; and we do hereby decl are that the `following is aj full`,`clear, and exact de-l soription of the same, f reference being had the accompanying drawings, in which- 3I "",Fgure 1 is,` Msidefielevation of fthe ma chine. Fi f2f is? a front ``elevatiom of the samel 3 is ahoriiontalsection in the, line ab, ab,` of Figs.` 1" and] Fig. 4 is a plan l offthe devices]andffappliances by `which the woolding mechanism isthrown into` and out "of op`eration.`` 5deV `a section offa portion` of themechanism` `byg-which the laying.

tion.` 1 Similarletters f rppterenceindicate,corresponding partsintheseveralgures. i f ""11The`n`1achinewhich forms the subject of "this" invention` .i t inte ded to 4 wind "up Afish` Ying" lines, or toiwin rd,"twis"t or any'such material into`hanksf`o skeinsof such `length asmay be desired f ale or use. f:

` A `is standa h` li wrkingparts ef, `e machine. "lheprincif `which theline `1s `(ghe` wound, and? a" sweep t' The" t hooks; remain L stationary "and the) annientare around? them replay a sufrciehtquantity o lineuaround them, andlthen crank beco sst'ationary and the hoolzs t t, rotate to `perform the hwoolding;

to"` standard. tubular from-tthe `oute `"through its' interiorA and come f "out `at the t `iliole'ct,near thefsweep 'from whence it `passes I i `t and lthroughthetube b, at the extremity `j 5010i the sweep. the time of "the revolution "ofthe sweep the hooks"` stand inthe position fthelreverse of *thatshown in Fig.`f2, that `isein atlzixedl` scket c, attached to the stands in rear of and parallel apparatus isl thrown out" of operasupports l all `the t workin ipartsrconsist *ofi two hooks 1B,1' fapart l corresponding "the length tof C, which is capjableiof `rotating around the The sweepC,",resehiblesa crank and is atl p ibo; thesweepanorder that` theginej to `be woundinay "enter" jitsyj outer end, pass.

fis t to-say with,` theirpoints1 toward `the sweep, `hztiid" hencethe tubeb,is"lfree to pass aroundA UNITED- STATES PATENTOFFICE# ronfwINDiNG Ur trims, "iwstr,` on t com).

" sp incanta fietsers Patent No. 12,668, lated April 1o, 1855.

" `sweep i for the purpose of laying the line evenlyaround the hooks and preventing its` getting in heaps. `lt is connected' for this purposeby a light rod,` `@with a sliding collar e on the shai'tD, the said collar be- 'ing embraced by and receiving motion from `a fork on an elbow lever f,"wh1ch`works on a fixed .fuicrum g and 'receives a vibrating motion from a cam L, on a shaft F which t ith the sweep Shaft D.

The sweepshaft D, is furnished with al pulley G, to receive rotary motion through a belt from "apulley onthe main shaft `H of the machine. This pulleyG, `is not secured permanently to the sweep shaft but is loose andcarries on one side a pin @which 'so long as4 the laying of the line upon the "hooks is desired to continue, catches a sliding piece i, in a cylinder I, which is secured tothe shaft. The action of this sliding piece,`

is illustrated `in la separate sectional View, 5; The slideis acted` upon by a spring j, which is coiled within the cylinder to force it in Fig. ".5 and-being the part 6, in contact with the pin.; but `when it is desired to lib- "erate the shaft from the pulley and stop its revolution`,x`t`he.sliding piece has tobe thrown back` to allow'the part 6 yto clear the pin lo. `Thisjis"eilectedby means of the 'arms 7 of Ait in the direction of the arrow shown upon `an elbowleverJ, which works on a `fulcrum l "in the sideof the standard A and isoperated upon` in the following manner bymeans of a "pin m on `the side of a ratchet wheel CK, 4which is secured to the shaft F. This ratchetwheel is" engaged by a tooth n, on the sv'veep'shait` D, and by this tooth `is caused to"move` one tooth during each revolution of the sweep"` until the pin m, lifts the end of the arm `7, to such a position as tomeet the end 8, ofthesliding piece after which a "slightly continuedrevolution of the cylinder causes the sliding piece to bet-hrown back'by the end ofthe arm, far enough to clear the pin This disengagement of its pulley from thegsweep shaft takesplace while the sweep is in the position represented in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 in which position, `duringthe "woolding operation the sweep shaft is locked by the `arm 7, arresting the slide and preventing therevolution in one direction and `the ratchet wheel arresting the tooth n, and preventing the revolution in the other. `The ratchet wheel is held by a pawl K.

In `order to vary't-he quantity or length of line to be laid, the position of the pin m, is made variable by providing a number of holes o, o, in the ratchet wheel to receive it. At the commencement of the laying operation a pin p, on the inner face of the ratchet wheel is in contact with the upper side of the arm, where it is held by a spring g, applied to the ratchet wheel and coiled around its shaft. By setting the pin m, nearer to or farther from this pin 29, it is obvious thatthe sweep is allowed to make a less or greater number of revolutions before the pin m, disr l takes hold of one end of a horizontal lever engages the pulley G.

To enable the hooks B and B', to receive the requisite rotary motion to perform the' woolding operation, they are attached to2 pivots L, and L', which stand in the same. vert-ical line and work in bearings in two, brackets M and M', bolted to the standardy A. VThese pivots carry spur wheels N, N',

through which they receive their rotary m0- tion from two other spur wheels O, O', on the upright shaft- P, which receives motion as soon as `the laying operation previously described ceases, through a bevel toothed wheel Q, at it-s upper end from another bevel, toothed wheel R on the main shaft H. The wheel Q is loose upon the shaft P, and is' disengaged from it during the laying operation so as to rotate without the shaft. engagement of the wheel and shaft is effected by means of a spring latch 1, pivotedvr at s to a block S, which is secured to the` shaft,` the point u, of the said latch catching one of two studs t, on the lower side of the wheel Q. The spring 10 which holds the latch in operation is shown dotted in Fig. 4,i passing through the block S. The disen -gagement of the wheel was effected during the laying operation by means of a hook fw,I

shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, pivoted at to a fixed bracket T, which catches the tail 9, of the latch and holds its point clear of the pins t, but during the woolding operationf the hook is kept clear of the latch by reasonI 4of its tail being held by a pin y, attached to a collar e, on an upright rod U, which may; be termed the clasp rod.

During the woolding operation the line laid on the hooks is clasped by a clasp V o,

above where the woolding is being wound on. This clasp is best shown in Fig. 3. It con-4 sits of two jaws one V of which is secured firmly by a screw 11, to the rod U, which is. freeto slide Vup and down in two guides inv brackets T, T', attached to the standard A,"

and the other o, is pivot-ed to V. The movable jawv e, is closed by a curved spring 12, which is attached at one end to the butt of V, and at the other to a rod 13, connecting with the said movable jaw. The clasp is opened when desired by compressing the spring 12, and when opened is held open by, the rod 13, being caught by the point 14 of a catch lever 15, hung on the front of the iXedV The'r jaw V, as shown in redl in Fig. 3, the said point being thrown up by the greater weight of the tail of the lever. During the operation of laying the line on the hooks, the clasp rod is raised up high enough to bring the Clasp above the point of the upper hook B,

19, the opposite end of which is connected with one arm of the lever J, herein before described. This connection, when the arm 7 of the lever J, is struck up by the pin m, is the means of throwing back that end of the lever 19, which the rod 18 takes hold of, and thus drawing back the catch 16, to liberate the clasp rod, and let it fall. In falling, the clasp rod is turned so far by a small arm 20, attached to the clasp, to work in contact with a curved guide rod 21, that the open clasp receives within it the laid line upon the hooks. The tail end of the catch lever 15, just before the descent of the clasp rod ter minates comes in contact with a lixed stop 22, and the catch 14, of the said lever is thereby thrown down clear of the rod 13, tc allow the clasp to be closed by the spring 12. The descent of the clasp rod also disengages the hook w, from the latch 1, and connects the wheel Q., with the shaft P.

The lower pivot L of the lower hook B' is made hollow and large enough to allow hanks or skeins which have been already wound, to drop through, and is furnished with a spring clasping piece Y, whose duty will be explained in describing the operation of winding. l Y y,

The manner in which the winding is performed is as follows. Before the commencement of the operation, the sweep shaft D, the shaft F and all the parts connected therewith are in the condition represented in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and the pulley G, to be disengaged but the clasp rod is raised to bring theclasp-above the point of the upper hook B. The end of t-he line which is represented in blue color in the drawing supposed to be coming from a loose coil, enters the outer end of the shaft D, passes through the hole a, and from thence to and through the tube b, of the sweep C, before the machine is set in operationy the end of the line should be hitched to the lower hook. The machine is started by the attendant lifting the pawl K', A

"rection of the `arrows@shown near themin Fig.-1`, and to"`laytthelineroundthe hooks ..thefratchet wheel hasbeenfmoved so far l n'` the direction.` of" the" black,` arrow shown upon it as?isnecessary;` for the pin m,`to raise V `wthe arm ofthe "lever` J ,to disenga `-ethe slide ,jf'rom theiypinjq, of thepulley and loclgthe sweeplshaftpand tothrow forwardthe lower `arm oft-hefsaidlever to operate j `upon theflever 19, and draw" back the latch "16, tolet fallftheclasprod U. Thefall of the `clasprod beyondfa certain `point is prevented by the liXedjawlV of the clasp cornj; ing` in contact with the stop 22whi`ch then "supports the clasp androd. The clasp is are rested inthe proper *position to commence `thewbolding, andjustpreviously to the ter- `lmination of its fall the pin y, throws `olf the i i u catch `w, and allows the wheel Q to engage with the `"shaft P and set-the hooks B, B', in motion The line passes under the clasp R @which `with its rod is raised as the woolding proceeds# The position of the sweep causes j the woolding to be wound upward and the weight and resistanceof the clasp pressing upon the line cause the coils to be regularly `and closely laidqwc` j Y n The mach'ne is represented in the draw'- Wings. Figs. l, @and e 3,1 as performing the j woolding operation. When the woolding `has been performed "tof the desired height "the wheel Q isdisengagedffrom theshaft P j lby means `of `aFprojecting` pin 35, on the side of the clasp rod which in passing` the "catch fw, moves it into a position tocatch the i tailof the latch` `The machine now stops. `Theclasp is openedfby theattendant and gthe clasp rodflifted high enough for the catchl to catch the collar 17 and support it l.and the lineis `taken from the hooks by the Aattendant and secured at the termination of thewoolding by a half hitch. The wound e line or bank is then dropped through the hollow of the pivotLf, and held by the clasp. j The attendantthen raises the pawl K and startsthe machine when the previously described operation` is repeated.` l e In order to vary the length of the bank or j u skeinthe brackets M,M which carry "the hooks and their wheelsN, N', and also embrace the `wheels O, are adjustable at different distancesaapart, the wheels O, O', being fitted to-their shaft P, with a feather and groovefor that purpose, and the length fof the sweep is made variable by attachingl i it toits shaft" by a screw passing through a slot 34:. The positionofthe clasp V, and the I sweep then commences to rotate inthe=di" "B, Bf The layin`g` operation continues until e or its equivalent, deriving motion from theV collars o and 17, on the shaft U, are `also va- 6 riable for the purpose of varying the length of woolding. v What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

l. The sweep composed as described of an arInC, attachedto a hollow' shaft D, and

carrying a hollow tube b, which is `caused by the revolution of the shaft to lay around the fixed hooks B, B', a` line, cord, twist,` or other fabric of similar character which is conducted through the shaft and the said tube, substantially as herein set forth.

`Q. So arranging, applying and operating the sweep, and the hooks around which it lays` the line or other fabric, that the hooks shall remain stationary in a suitable position to receive the line or fabric while the sweep revolves around them, and that the hooks after the operation of the sweep terminates shall rotate upon axes in line with each other to perform the woolding, as

herein fully described. 3. Giving the tube b, of the sweep a motion endwise simultaneously with its revolution by any means substantially as described, for the purpose of laying the line or fabric evenly on thehooks and preventing i its being laid in heaps.

4f; Themanner of disengaging the pulley G or its equivalent which drives the sweep shaft, in order to stop the sweep at the propertime and in the proper position by `means of the sliding piece i, the lever J, and

the adjustable pin m, in the ratchet wheel K sweep shaft, all operating substantially as herein described.

5. The rod U, arranged and operating substantially-as described `for either or both of the Vpurposes herein set forth viz, 1st, to carry a clasp V, fu, which regulates the woolding and2d, to carry fins, pins or other projections 35 and y, to operate a catch fw, or its equivalentto cause the engagement and disengagement of the gearing which gives revolution to the hooks to perform the woolding.

6. The application to the claspof a catch lever 15, operating substantially as described to hold the jaws open during the laying operation and to be caused to liberate them by the falling of the clasp to allow them to close ready for the woolding operation.

Y BYRON BOARDMAN.

i GEO. C. SVVEETT.V

Witnesses: i i t BENJ. F. COBB, H. ADDISON RICHARDSON. 

